The districts of Almere

Almere has 229,540 residents (2026), spread across 72 districts and 239 neighbourhoods.

Top 32% of the Netherlands

Families packed close together

As a municipality, Almere sits at 7.6, better than 68% of the neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Families lift that grade with 8.6; quiet and nature hold it back at 5.1. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Noorderplassen W.-West (10.0), the lowest in Overig Almere Buiten Zuid (2.5). That is 7.5 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 229,540
districts: 72
neighbourhoods: 239
km² of land: 129

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

25.9 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

1.2 per 1,000

Property crime

9.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 8,297 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

1.2 km

Train station

2.3 km

Restaurant

0.9 km

Hospital

4.5 km

Café

2.5 km

Library

2.5 km

Motorway ramp

1.7 km

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Wealth & income

What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.

Property value

€ 404,665

Welfare recipients

24.0 per 1,000

High incomes

22%

Low incomes

36%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

64%

Social housing

25%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

73%

Built after 2000

41%

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

6,259 inw/km²

Noise level

53 dB

Green surroundings

49%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

1,629

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.0 µg/m³

Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.7 km

Households with children

43%

Childcare

0.5 km

Secondary school

1.6 km

Residents under 15

18%

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Who lives here

Almere has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 14%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1518%
NL median 14%
15–2512%
NL median 11%
25–4529%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+14%
NL median 22%

Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.

Average household size
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,253 — far more densely populated than average
NL median 2,364

Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade. Average of the neighbourhoods in Almere, weighted by population.